Category: Movies
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The creator of the Mothership RPG, Sean McCoy, posted this blog entry last October. It references another blog by Ted Gioia, also called My Favorite Problems, which talks about the scientist Richard Feynman and how he had a dozen or so questions that guided his life’s work. Gioia created a list of his own questions,…
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It’s a great feeling when you’re struck with a very distinct vision for a project right from the get-go. When you can see all of the elements in one clean sweep, like the instructions have just been handed to you and all you have to do now is follow them. It can feel special when…
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Movies can potentially be expensive to make, but they don’t always have to be. You don’t need a few million dollars to get your movie made. In fact, with some stories you hardly need any money at all. Enter the micro-budget film. This is a list of 5 fantastic micro-budget movies that absolutely play to…
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Here’s a big list of 100 movie moments that stick out to me. I was inspired by a list in Patton Oswalt’s book Silver Screen Fiend, and thought it’d be fun to give it a try. I set a timer for an hour and went at it without doing any research or being able to…
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I just finished reading Steve Martin’s autobiography Born Standing Up. I picked it up yesterday, read half of it, and and then read the other half this morning. It was a short book, just over 200 pages, so nothing to run home about in terms of length, but I think it still speaks to how…
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About a month ago I finished reading Patton Oswalt’s Silver Screen Fiend, his short memoir of his years being addicted to film. I recommend it both to the cinephiles of the world and to anybody who has a love for any sort of hobby or niche subject. I think it’s pretty universal in that regard.…